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BP-5™ Compact Food
Product description
What is BP-5™:
BP-5 Compact Food is a ready-to-eat food of high
nutritional value. The optimal logistical properties secure an
easy, safe and efficient transportation, distribution, usage
and storage under extreme conditions.
As a compressed food, BP-5™ contains the highest possible
ratio of balanced nutrition compared to volume.
A 20’ container holds 36,000 units of BP-5 representing
a minimum level of nutrient supply for 10,000 adults
for one week.
How to eat:
BP-5™ Compact Food can be eaten as a bar straight from
the package, or crumbled into water and eaten as porridge.
To make porridge, use 200 ml of boiling drinking water per
food bar. If eaten dry, make sure drinking water is
available.
Distribution:
If no other food is available, below table could be used as
an approximate guideline for distribution*.
•
Age
Bars/day Kcal/day Bars/week
½–1
3
768
21
2–3
4
1016
28
4–6
5
1270
35
7–8
6
1524
42
Adult (f)
8
2032
56
Adult (m)
9
2290
63
covers approx. 100% energy requirement and a RDA of
vitamins and minerals.
Utilisation
BP-5™ Compact Food should be used particularly in the
following situations:
For usage in the first phase of disaster relief operations
during natural- or man-made disasters, before local foods
can be distributed and prepared.
BP-5™ has successfully been air dropped from different
altitudes at many occasions, also without parachute. Drops
made from 600 feet without parachute show no significant
damage to the product.
To be used as a supplement to local food in supplementary
feeding programmes.
Limitations:
It is not recommended to use BP-5™:
For the treatment of severe acute malnutrition.
For children below 6 months (exclusive breastfeeding
until 6 months of age).
For children from 6 months to 2 years of age, it should
preferably be given as porridge.
Nutritional properties
High levels of energy easily digested and utilised.
A combination of protein sources, which give a high and
balanced content of essential amino acids.
Low protein content to prevent use of protein as an
energy source.
All essential vitamins and minerals balanced to give a
high nutritional utilisation.
The contents of anti-nutritional factors are low due to
carefully selected raw materials. This secures the
absorption of essential micronutrients.
Food safety:
No risk of microbiological growth due to a very low water
activity in the product.
No content of lactose or recognised allergens.
It is an all-vegetable product containing no ingredients of
animal origin.
Free from GMO materials.
Acceptable to all creeds and cultures
Sophisticated manufacturing process that is supervised
by in house food technologists and nutritionists well
equipped with both a research- and control laboratory.
LOGISTICAL PROPERTIES
The BP-5™ unit is packed under high vacuum in an air- and
watertight aluminium foil bag made of tri-ply laminate. A
water-repellent cardboard box protects this bag. Twenty-four
units are packed into a strong corrugated board carton,
securing the food quality under the most extreme conditions
during transport and storage (moisture, mechanical stress,
heat, insects, and rodents).
Humanitarian organisations and governmental agencies
around the world have built up disaster preparedness
Stores.
BP-5™ UNIT “BREAKDOWN”
Food Tablet (s) BP-5 Unit (s) Carton (s)
1 x Food tablet
1
1 x Food bar
2
1 x BP-5 Unit
18
1
1 x Carton
432
24
1
1 x Pallet
1,320
55
1 x 20’ container
36,000
1,500
GC RIEBER COMPACT AS
Nor Supplies Ltd
N-5212 Soefteland,
P.O.Box 541, Sarit Centre
Bergen, Norway
00606 Nairobi, Kenya
Phone: +47 56 30 35 00
Phone +254 20 434 82 85
Fax:
+47 56 30 35 40
Mobile; +254 721 86 34 71
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Net Weight
27.8 g
55.6 g
500 g
12 kg
660 kg
18,000 kg
Kcal
127
254
2,290
PD.303.EN
Version: 010615
Replaced version:310113
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